Geoffrey Dabelko

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Geoffrey D. Dabelko
Alma mater University of Maryland
Duke University
Known for Environmental peacebuilding

Geoffrey D. Dabelko is a professor at the George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University in Athens, OH. He teaches and conducts research in the School's Environmental Studies Program and Master's in Sustainability, Security, and Resilience. His recent research focuses on the conflict and cooperation potential of responses to climate change, environmental peacebuilding, climate resilience and environmental leadership. [1]

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Early life and education

Dabelko grew up in Athens, Ohio, graduating from Athens High School. He has an AB in political science from Duke University and a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland. [1]

Career

From 1997-2012, Dabelko served as director of the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. [2] He continues to work as a senior advisor to the Wilson Center. [3] He is also an Associate Senior Fellow with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on its Environment of Peace Initiative. From 2012-2018, he served as director of Ohio University's Environmental Studies Program. [4] From 2016-2022, he served as Associate Dean at the Voinovich School. He has held previous positions at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Foreign Policy and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dabelko is a former member of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. [5] He was a board member (and former chair) at Population Reference Bureau [6] and a founding board member of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. [7] He is an editorial board member of the journal Case Studies in the Environment, [8] published through University of California Press. Dabelko was a lead author on the 5th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group II Chapter 12 on "Human Security." He is a chapter author on the International chapter of the 5th U.S. National Climate Assessment.

Research

Together with Ken Conca, Dabelko developed the concept of environmental peacemaking in the early 2000s. Not satisfied with existing approaches that conceived of the environment primarily as a source of conflict and violence, Dabelko and Conca outlined how cooperating on joint environmental issues can contribute to improved relations between nations. Drawing on several case studies, they analysed how international environmental cooperation can change the strategic climate between states (more trust, higher levels of interdependence) and even contribute to post-Westphalian governance (broader forms of transnational integration). [9] This work was key for the development of environmental peacebuilding research and has been picked up by many studies in both international and domestic contexts. [10] [11] Dabelko continues to work in the field, for instance by editing a special issue on environmental peacebuilding and being an author of the Environment of Peace report.Dabelko and Conca were the co-recipients of the Fifth Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding in 2018 for their work on environmental peacebuilding. Erik Solheim, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme remarked, “No two individuals have shaped our institutional thinking on environmental peacebuilding more than Geoff Dabelko and Ken Conca." [12]

Dabelko is also co-editor, with Ken Conca of American University, of Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics and Environmental Peacemaking. [13] Furthermore, he has coined the concept of "backdraft" to raise attention to the adverse and potentially conflict-enhancing effects of climate change mitigation and adaptation. [14]

Personal life

Dabelko lives in Athens, OH.

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 "Geoffrey D. Dabelko | Ohio University". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "What's Next? Celebrating 20 Years of the Environmental Change and Security Program | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Geoffrey D. Dabelko | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  4. ↑ "Geoffrey D. Dabelko | Ohio University". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  5. ↑ "UNEP Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding" (PDF). UN Environment Programme. 2009.
  6. ↑ "Geoffrey D. Dabelko – Population Reference Bureau" . Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Environmental Peacebuilding | Profiles". www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  8. ↑ "Case Studies in Environment | Editorial Team". online.ucpress.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  9. ↑ Conca, Ken; Dabelko, Geoffrey D. (2002). Environmental peacemaking. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  10. ↑ Johnson, McKenzie F.; Rodríguez, Luz A.; Quijano Hoyos, Manuela (2021-01-01). "Intrastate environmental peacebuilding: A review of the literature". World Development. 137: 105150. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105150. ISSN   0305-750X.
  11. ↑ Ide, Tobias (15 May 2018). "Does environmental peacemaking between states work? Insights on cooperative environmental agreements and reconciliation in international rivalries". Journal of Peace Research. 55 (3): 351–365. doi:10.1177/0022343317750216. ISSN   0022-3433.
  12. ↑ "Environmental peacebuilding researchers receive prestigious Al-Moumin Award". UN Environment. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  13. ↑ "Environmental Peacemaking | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  14. ↑ "Backdraft: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
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